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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMax Rose (D-NY) on Andrea Mitchell just now
Won't vote for Pelosi (and implying it is because he is anti-corruption), says there are good leaders on both sides of the aisle, says he won't back down from any of his campiagn promises because he keeps his word.
New Yorkers - Is he always so hyper and negative toward Dem leadership?
Me.
(35,454 posts)He hails from Con stronghold Staten Island and why he ran as a DEm is beyond me unless he thought he couldn't get elected otherwise. And I do take exception to the notion that she is corrupt.
arthritisR_US
(7,291 posts)with the impression of him that hes an idiot.
Me.
(35,454 posts)he thinks he'll teach the little lady a lesson. Supposition on my part. What I do know is he'll soon learn that Dems don't like other Dems trash-talking party members, especially their leaders.
arthritisR_US
(7,291 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)given the everyday examples of such. And I've noticed a strident adamancy on his part regarding Speaker Pelosi.
arthritisR_US
(7,291 posts)Paladin
(28,272 posts)Yavin4
(35,445 posts)Or is it just me?
arthritisR_US
(7,291 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)he's from the only area in NYC that voted for donnie. Probably couldn't get elected otherwise.
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)He's said nothing about corruption (you imply that he implied it, without details), but his electorate is much more conservative than the rest of NYC. Pelosi is seen there as, at best, a symbol of the old Democratic Party. He's advocating for change.